February ends with a whole lot of rock. If you like classic rock, Average Joes is the place to go as Jerry “Mama Let Him Play” Doucette returns to play his hits and a whole lot of blues, Feb. 21.
The Montreal born Doucette moved to Vancouver in 1972, where he hooked up with a band called the Seeds of Time, who would prove to be the nucleus of another popular Canadian rock band — Prism (who actually come to Average Joes Feb. 27). Dated Delay is also on the bill. The show begins at 9 p.m. Tickets cost $15. 
Local classic rock cover band the Chevelles play the SoundGarden, Feb. 21. The Ruby Plumes and Theodore Cashmere will add a touch of punk to the Owl Acoustic Lounge, Feb. 21 as well.
If you like rock with more modern pop twist, Hedley come to The Enmax Centre, Feb. 20 with Danny Fernandes, JRDN and Alyssa Reid. The show begins at 7 p.m. Tickets range from $45-$75 for the show.
For something different , get a taste of Madagascar culture with The Donné Roberts Band who visit La Cité Des Prairies, Feb. 19. The show begins at 7 p.m., Tickets are $10 in advance from La Cité Des Prairies, $15 at the door. Donné Roberts is a Juno Award winning guitarist who is part of the African Guitar Summit.
If you are on the road, take a trip to Fort Macleod’s Empress Theatre where multi-talented multi-instrumentalist J.P Cormier plays Feb. 20 and Feb. 21. Tickets are $32.00 each and available now by visiting: www.empresstheatre.ab.ca or by calling 1-800-540-9229 today. The shows begin at 7:30 p.m. with special guest Adrien AuCoin on bass.
Kristen Krein is getting ready to release the fifth edition of feminist and queer zine Fourth Wave Freaks.
They are launching the magazine at the Slice, Feb. 22 with a variety of performers including Little Karma Bomb, Mwansa, Ashley Northey, Wanda Krein, Emma L, Shannon Stone, Sean, Dil, Danika J, Glinda Sparks, Sophie Wright, Pzeudo, Jake Pand the Space Wolves.
“ It is a community collective feminist and queer zine,” said contributor/ editor Kristin Krein.
The opening event begins at 9 p.m. There is a $10 cover.
The excellent blues gigs coming up include Ottawa blues trio MonkeyJunk, who play the Lethbridge College Barn at 8 p.m.with special guests Paul Kype and Texas Flood on Feb. 26. Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 at the door.
The other awesome blues gig is Edmonton’s the Boogie Patrol who play the Slice, Feb. 21. There is a $10 cover for the show which begins at 8 p.m. And Steve Keenan host s his Friday night blues jam at Honkers, Feb. 21 as well.
There are a lot of local musicians playing this week as well including Billie Vegas rocking the Casino Lethbridge on the weekend plus Herb Hicks and Sheena Lawson returning to jazz up the Mocha Cabana on Feb. 21 and Feb. 22. James Oldenburg has his regular Thursday night gig at the Cotton Blossom lounge and will be playing with Anna Vanderheide at Ric’s Grill, Feb. 21.
There are a couple of excellent roots and country gigs as well this week with Kampuskasing, Ontario roots/ country band Al Lukas playing the Owl Acoustic Lounge, Feb. 22.
The Blue Ridge Mountain Country Society has their monthly country jam at the Moose Hall on Sunday, Feb. 23 and country star Charlie Major plays an acoustic show with Trevor Panczak on Feb. 25.
